Ms. Hobson founded her legal solutions firm in 2010. Her practice focuses on political law and commercial litigation/dispute resolution. Ms. Hobson brings her unique mix of experience to bear to help clients achieve strategic legal, business and organizational outcomes. She also serves as an Arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Mandatory Arbitration Program.
Prior to starting her own firm, Ms. Hobson practiced at Sidley Austin LLP, a premier international law firm where she was a litigator who represented an array of clients, including Fortune 500 and 100 companies, corporate officers and directors, banks and accounting firms in both federal and state courts in connection with federal securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, arbitrations and professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty actions.
Ms. Hobson received her law degree from New York University School of Law where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar. Prior to law school, she received a M.A. from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration and spent four years in the field of social service and non-profit management.
Ms. Hobson has a long-standing commitment to civic issues and public interest law. She has been a senior member of a capital litigation team representing a man on Alabama’s death row for the past thirteen years. She also volunteers with various organizations, including Ronald McDonald House and The National Eating Disorders Association. Ms. Hobson is a wife and mother of two teenagers, member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and a Trustee at West Point Baptist Church.